Employee Separation Agreements Likely to Face Increased EEOC Scrutiny
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/02/21
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”)—the agency tasked with enforcing federal labor laws—was deputized by Congress in 1972 with authority to bring lawsuits against employers for violating anti-discrimination laws and retaliating against employees. Since then, the agency has made a concerted and aggressive effort to challenge, among other things, standard clauses in separation agreements that have the potential to chill former employees’ participation in legal actions against...
By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP